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  • The most famous Fighting Illini speech you’ve never heard

    Oct 9, 2024 10:00 am by Kim Schmidt and Nicole CazleyLegacy
    wide perspective of the field and crowds at the Memorial Stadium dedication game in 1924

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    • wide perspective of the field and crowds at the Memorial Stadium dedication game in 1924

    Some predicted it would be as famous. Repeatedly, alumni wrote in to say how moving Robert Zuppke’s speech was. So beloved was his speech that recordings were made of it on vinyl and made available through the Alumni Association.